Lead SME Network Architect & Network Team Lead

TekSynap•Silver Spring, MD

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Lead SME Network Architect to support USCIS in Silver Spring, MD. TekSynap is a fast growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

Requirements

A minimum of ten (10) years of experience as an Enterprise Architect specializing in network infrastructure services including a minimum of four (4) years of experience in cloud technologies such as but not limited to Azure and AWS.
A minimum of five (5) years of experience designing critical network infrastructure for a large / complex network.
Experience with infrastructure and network automation platforms and coding.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise solutions that increase the availability and security of the enterprise.
Experience in developing technology roadmaps.
Expert level understanding of network technologies. (SDN, SDWAN, routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, application load balancing, network visibility.)
Expert level understanding of network practices, and protocols.
Extensive experience with on premise physical infrastructure and Virtualization technologies.
Expert knowledge of route optimization, dynamic routing, packet aggregation, IPV6, and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
Extensive experience with networking and security methods and tools.
Experience performing network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common network problems at a SME level.
Expertise with major networking products from companies similar to Cisco, Juniper and VMWare delivered via major cloud providers.
Experience with managing and using DevOps concepts.
US Citizen

Nice To Haves

Google Cloud Platform(GCP) desired.
Current Relevant Certification: CCIE with continuous certification updates throughout the performance period as credentials are retired.

Responsibilities

Designing critical network infrastructure for a large/complex network.
Designing and implementing enterprise solutions that increase the availability and security of the enterprise.
Developing technology roadmaps.
Performing network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common network problems at a SME level.